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|species = bengawanicus |
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'''Gavialis bengawanicus''' is an extinct species of crocodilian that is related to the modern [[Indian gharial]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Delfino|first1=M|last2=De Vos|first2=J|year=2010|title=A revision of the Dubois crocodylians, Gavialis bengawanicus and Crocodylus ossifragus, from the Pleistocene Homo erectus beds of Java|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=30|pages=427–441}}</ref> Fossils have been found in Thailand and Indonesia. The type locality is at [[Trinil]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gavialis bengawanicus |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266526&is_real_user=1|publisher=Paleo-Database}}</ref> |
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'''Gavialis bengawanicus''' is an extinct species of crocodilian that is related to the modern [[Indian Gharial]] and [[False Gharial]]. |
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Its fossils have been found in Thailand and Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web |title=PBDB |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266526&is_real_user=1}}</ref> |
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The presence of this species in Thailand may provide an explanation for the distribution of fossil gharials that appears [[disjunct distribution|disjunct]], covering Pakistan and Java but not the connecting areas. The fossils suggest that gharials may have dispersed from Indo-Pakistan to Indonesia through Thailand without having to resort to marine routes.<ref name="Plosone.org">{{cite journal|last1=Martin|first1=J. E.|last2=Buffetaut|first2=E.|last3=Naksri|first3=W.|last4=Lauprasert|first4=K.|last5=Claude|first5=J.|year=2012|title=Gavialis from the Pleistocene of Thailand and its relevance for drainage connections from India to Java|journal=PloS one|volume=7|issue=9|pages=e44541|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0044541 |
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==Description== |
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The known spciemens of Gavialis bengawanicus show that it had a short nasal bone that are deppley sepreted from each other.The lacrimal forms a broad contact with the maxilla.<ref name="Plosone.org">{{cite web |first1=Gavialis from the Pleistocene of Thailand and Its Relevance for Drainage Connections from India to Java |title=Plos one |url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0044541#pone.0044541-Wermuth1}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 13:22, 15 June 2018
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Gavialidae |
| Genus: | Gavialis |
| Species: | †G. bengawanicus
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| †Gavialis bengawanicus Dubois 1908
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Gavialis bengawanicus is an extinct species of crocodilian that is related to the modern Indian gharial.[1] Fossils have been found in Thailand and Indonesia. The type locality is at Trinil.[2]
The presence of this species in Thailand may provide an explanation for the distribution of fossil gharials that appears disjunct, covering Pakistan and Java but not the connecting areas. The fossils suggest that gharials may have dispersed from Indo-Pakistan to Indonesia through Thailand without having to resort to marine routes.[3]
References
- ^ Delfino, M; De Vos, J (2010). "A revision of the Dubois crocodylians, Gavialis bengawanicus and Crocodylus ossifragus, from the Pleistocene Homo erectus beds of Java". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30: 427–441.
- ^ "Gavialis bengawanicus". Paleo-Database.
- ^ Martin, J. E.; Buffetaut, E.; Naksri, W.; Lauprasert, K.; Claude, J. (2012). "Gavialis from the Pleistocene of Thailand and its relevance for drainage connections from India to Java". PloS one. 7 (9): e44541. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044541.
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